World Book Night is an annual celebration of reading and books that takes place on 23 April.
This year, poetry reading, all-night story telling, talk shows and other events will be organised in Croatia, which joined this campaign four years ago, a member of the organising committee, Nenad Bartolcic, told a news conference in Zagreb on Thursday.
Over 400 institutions, such as libraries, schools, book shops and publishing houses, in 180 cities and municipalities have decided to participate in this year's Book Night.